Monthly Archives: February 2012
Mindworm
Dot writes: let me share with you the song currently on not-entirely-chosen heavy rotation in my head. This was a big hit last year in the US, but I hadn’t heard it until I encountered it in a video about … Continue reading
Filed under Lucky Dip
Ken is awesome, but Dot is not
Dot writes: we ain’t dead. We have been a bit poorly. Frank was sick on Saturday night, Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night, but is now thoroughly bouncy again, though somewhat drippy of nose. Hugh was sick on Wednesday … Continue reading
Filed under Lucky Dip
closing the Irish embassy to the Vatican
Ken writes: WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME PEOPLE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE KEN’S AND DOT SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM. [begin rant] I’ve been thinking recently about the Irish Government decision to close the … Continue reading
Filed under Ireland, Ken, Politics, ethics and current affairs
That conversation
Dot writes: and so we have come to the question every parent must, shuddering, face at some point: how much to tell them, and how soon? I’m not talking, fortunately, about the true Big One. (“Mummy, what do you actually … Continue reading
Filed under Family stuff, Lucky Dip, parenting
